Our Community
Introduction
Mission: We provide leadership and expertise for helping the university achieve its diversity, equity and inclusion goals. Guided by social justice principles, we cultivate a vibrant learning and working community for all members.
Vision: We envision a university that fully embraces diversity, equity and inclusion as morally right and educationally sound, and that centers the wellbeing of individuals and communities.
Learn more about ADA Compliance and accessibility
The ADA/504 coordinator's office addresses accessibility issues and reports of disability-based discrimination on campus, guiding the university's efforts to move beyond compliance and toward seamless access.
Learn more about Bias Incident Support Services
Bias Incident Support Services responds to hate-bias incidents; it also educates and reports to the campus about those incidents while providing support, guidance, expertise, and advocacy to community members.
The LGBTQ+ Equity Center works to establish and maintain a safe, inclusive, and welcoming campus environment for people of all sexual orientations and gender identities or expressions, serving UMD students, staff, faculty, and alumni.
Nyumburu is Swahili for “freedom house” and has served the UMD community since 1971 as a foundation for Black social, cultural and intellectual interaction.
Learn more about the Office Of Multi-Ethnic Student Education
The Office of Multi-ethnic Student Education (OMSE) offers a variety of services and programs to enhance the learning experience and promote the academic success of underrepresented undergraduate students.
Learn more about TerrapinSTRONG Education
All new students, faculty and staff participate in TerrapinSTRONG onboarding, which welcomes participants to the University of Maryland, introduces UMD history and traditions, and underscores our commitment to diversity, equity and inclusion.
This struggle may be a moral one, or it may be a physical one and it may be both moral and physical, but [it] must be a struggle. Power concedes nothing without a demand. It never did and never will.
Frederick Douglass
I am playing with my Self, I am playing with the world's soul, I am the dialogue between my Self and el espíritu del mundo. I change myself, I change the world.
Gloria Anzaldúa
ODI News
Celebrate Lt. Richard W. Collins III with a day of service
Join the BSU-UMD Social Justice Alliance, 2nd Lt. Richard Collins Foundation and The Mission Continues, to celebrate Lt. Richard Collins' birthday!
Request a Speakers Bureau workshop
LGBTQ+ Equity Center program offers workshops on gender identity and pronouns, being LGBT at UMD
Introducing TerrapinSTRONG Education
TerrapinSTRONG Education is a newly formulated unit that combines the TerrapinSTRONG onboarding program and the former Diversity Training and Education (DTE) unit, both housed within the Office of Diversity and Inclusion. Dr. Leslie R. Krafft (she/her) ...
ODI Events
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- RSVP for LGBTQ+ Grad Craft Night
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Join LGBTQ+ Equity Center Graduate Assistants and other queer UMD grad students for an LGBTQ+ Grad Craft Night on Tuesday, April 22nd, 2025 from 6:30-8:30PM in the Stamp Union Atrium! We will have a variety of crafting and food options for you to enjoy, ...
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- RSVP form for the LGBTQ+ Grad Student Mixer
- LGBTQ+ Equity Center
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The LGBTQ+ Grad Student Mixer is back! Join Graduate Assistants from the LGBTQ+ Equity Center on Wednesday, March 26th from 6:00-8:00PM in the Stamp Union Atrium for an evening of queer grad community-building. Come ready to learn about grad student ...
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Join UMD community members for an afternoon of community building, food, music, games and more!
Campus Events
Report an incident
The University of Maryland values diversity and is committed to creating an inclusive and respectful campus for students, faculty and staff. If you have been impacted by hate, bias, intimidation, sexual misconduct or discrimination, you can file a report with the units here.
You may also contact UMPD by calling:
Emergency: 911 or 301-405-3333 - Mobile Phone #3333
Non-Emergency: 301-405-3555